Doing the terminal decreases on the eighth tentacle. The end is in sight. All I'll have to do is add eyes, elasticize ribbing (it's not robust enough to hold itself up, with the weight of the amorphous blob of a body, and eight strong tentacles), and block.

As nice as the weather is in LA, I'd love to go to wet, stormy Oregon. I'm actually envious of Yarnharlot, who is stranded in Washington by bad weather.